Why Hillary Clinton just became an even bigger front-runner: (Hillary Group)

[DeepModem Mom]

....What really changed...happened before the debate, when the terrorist attacks in Paris recast the focus of our world and our political system. Suddenly, foreign policy is much more of a real thing. The Islamic State militant group is no longer an abstract thing snapping up territory far away; it has successfully shown an ability to attack the Western world and cause mass carnage.

And to the extent that foreign policy is suddenly something people might actually vote on, Saturday suggested that is a very good thing for Clinton....

Clinton is favored more than 2-to-1 when it comes to who people think would do the best job of handling foreign policy (67-22), terrorism (64-26) and the Islamic State in particular (61-27). She leads on those issues by even more than she leads in national polls....

...to the extent the presidential race remains about the pocketbook issues and income inequality that have dominated so far, Sanders can compete.

To the extent that it now has more to do with what just happened in Paris, Sanders is much more out of his element. It's why, in his opening statement on Saturday, he quickly pivoted from a mention of Paris to talking about income inequality and campaign finance reform. Clinton spent her entire opening statement on Paris.

It's no wonder that the Sanders campaign reportedly protested the shift in focus of Saturday's debate to include more questions about foreign policy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/15/why-hillary-clinton-just-became-an-even-bigger-front-runner/?postshare=661447618986460&tid=ss_tw via Washington Post

[cosmicone]

1. Yes ... sure and steady hands is the key

One doesn't want one's presidential candidate to be palpating a map of middle east trying to figure out which country is which like a blind man reviewing a restaurant menu.

[Thinkingabout]

5. I like that one. The same menu and readers will fo picking a GOP nominee, all will be bad.

[BootinUp]

2. Sanders opening statement was a joke. nt

[Thinkingabout]

6. I would have thought he would have had an opening statement on the subject at least.

[FloridaBlues]

3. She is a well rounded candidate and she's a hard working woman at what she does!

[Cha]

4. "It's no wonder that the Sanders campaign reportedly protested the shift in focus of Saturday's

debate to include more questions about foreign policy."

Yeah, the Bernie campaign didn't expect the focus to change at Saturday's debate in Iowa.. Well, Paris didn't expect to be attacked either. Life can change on a freaking dime especially if you're POTUS.. they showed the world they can't handle it.

“It was a little bit of a bizarre scene. The Sanders representative, you know, really laid into CBS and basically … kind of threw, like, a little bit of a fit and said, ‘You are trying to turn this into a foreign policy debate. That’s not what any of us agreed to. How can you change the terms of the debate, you know, on the day of the debate. That’s not right,’” the staffer recounted.

And, this is from the media who wants a horserace!

Mahalo DM M

[no bs joe]

9. Yes Indeed

If you want to be POTUS, you have to be able to think on your feet.

[Thinkingabout]

7. In light of the current events I hope a debate will cover more foreign affairs questions. If the

Candidate does not pass the test it I better before the election than afterwards.

[no bs joe]

8. When it comes to Foreign Policy,,,

it's pretty hard to beat a Secretary of State!

[Cha]

10. Really.. but you can at least be prepared for the debate as much as possible.

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. It's difficult to make a symphony out of one note, and that's all BS has..."one note". n/t